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Kraco Dixie 200

Sunday, April 17, 1983


Track:   Atlanta, GA   Track Type:   Paved Oval
Race Distance:   200 Miles   Lap Distance:   1.522 Miles
Pole Pos.:   Rick Mears 204.963 mph   Margin of Victory:   0.000 sec.
  Rank   SP   Car   Driver   Chassis   Q.Time   Laps   Reason
              Sponsor   Engine   Q.Spd.  
 
  1   3   20   Gordon Johncock   Wildcat IX   0:26.816   132   1:22:29.295 146.133
  STP Oil Treatment   CoswTC   204.325 mph  
  2   5   7   Al Unser   PC-11   0:27.177   132   Finihsed
  Hertz   CoswTC   201.611 mph  
  3   16   12   John Paul, Jr   PC-10   0:29.195   131   Flagged
  VDS   CoswTC   187.676 mph  
  4   11   66   Pete Halsmer   PC-10   0:28.132   130   Flagged
  North American Roofing   CoswTC   194.767 mph  
  5   6   3   Mario Andretti   Lola T-700   0:27.221   128   Flagged
  Newman-Haas Budweiser   CoswTC   201.285 mph  
  6   21   17   Al Unser, Jr   Eagle 83   0:31.149   127   Flagged
  Coors Light   CoswTC   175.093 mph  
  7   22   9   Roger Mears   PC-10   0:29.752   127   Flagged
  Machinists Union   CoswTC   184.162 mph  
  8   1   1   Rick Mears   PC-11   0:26.730   126   Flagged
  Hertz   CoswTC   204.963 mph  
  9   14   30   Howdy Holmes   March 83C   0:28.798   126   Flagged
  Domino's Pizza   CoswTC   190.263 mph  
  10   18   10   Tony, Jr Bettenhausen   March 83C   0:29.580   126   Flagged
  Prpvimi Veal   CoswTC   185.233 mph  
  11   20   23   Jim McElreath   PC-7   0:29.810   125   Flagged
  McElreath   CoswTC   183.804 mph  
  12   17   41   Doug Heveron   Wildcat 8B   0:29.372   121   Flagged
  Rhoades Racing   CoswTC   186.545 mph  
  13   7   18   Mike Mosley   March 83P   0:27.257   109   Broken gearbox
  Kraco Car Stereo   CoswTC   201.020 mph  
  14   4   5   Tom Sneva   March 83C   0:26.845   68   Radiator
  Texaco Star   CoswTC   204.105 mph  
  15   10   6   Kevin Cogan   March 83C   0:27.863   66   Radiator
  KVC 2000   CoswTC   196.647 mph  
  16   12   21   Pancho Carter   March 82C   0:28.185   64   Broken gearbox
  Alex Foods Pinata   CoswTC   194.401 mph  
  17   15   56   Steve Chassey   Eagle   0:28.962   63   Broken ring/pinion
  Genesee Beer Wagon   Chevy   189.185 mph  
  18   2   40   Johnny Rutherford   Wildcat IX   0:26.783   59   Engine
  Sea Ray Boats   CoswTC   204.577 mph  
  19   19   38   Chet Fillip   Wildcat 8   0:29.700   54   Broken valve
  Circle Bar Truck Corral   CoswTC   184.484 mph  
  20   9   33   Teo Fabi   March 83C   0:27.588   41   Broken suspension
  Forsythe Racing   CoswTC   198.608 mph  
  21   8   2   Bobby Rahal   March 83C   0:27.303   9   Wrecked
  Red Roof Inns   CoswTC   200.681 mph  
  22   13   34   Derek Daly   March 82C   0:28.615   9   Wrecked
  Wysard Motor Co   CoswTC   191.480 mph  
          11   Bill Alsup   PC-9B   : .   0   Blew 2 eng practice
  Alsup Racing   CoswTC      
          46   Phil Krueger   PC-9   : .   0   Did not qualify
  McCray Plastering   CoswTC      
          22   Dick Simon   March 83C   0:31.687   0   Did not qualify
  Vermont-American   CoswTC   172.916 mph  

Race Information

  1) Yellow Flags: 9-24 Rahal-Daly wreck, T2 71-77 Johncock spun, pitlane 2) Margin: 24 seconds 3) Rick Mears set new qualifying record of 204.963, breaking his own record of 204.563 set May 1, 1982.

Lap Leaders

  Driver Total Laps Led
  Johnny Rutherford 6 53-58
  Mike Mosley 35 75-109
  Gordon Johncock 36 59-71,110-132
  Rick Mears 55 1-52,72-74
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